Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Candycane Sea Cucumber
Thelenota rubralineata
Candycane Sea Cucumber
Category: Sea Cucumbers
Scientific Name: Thelenota rubralineata
Size: Up to 20 in. (50 cm)  
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Echinodermata (Phylum)
└Echinozoa (Subphylum)
 └Holothuroidea (Class)
  └Actinopoda (Subclass)
   └Synallactida (Order)
    └Stichopodidae (Family)
     └Thelenota (Genus)
      └T. rubralineata (Species)

Echinoderms
Sea Cucumbers

Candycane Sea Cucumber

Lion's Paw Sea Cucumbers

Beaded Sea Cucumber

Euapta sp. 1

Snake Sea Cucumber

Lampert's Sea Cucumber

Synaptula sp. 1

Synaptula sp. 2

Yellow Sea Cucumber

Magnum Sea Cucumber

Neothyonidium sp. 1

Neothyonidium sp. 2

Hidden Sea Cucumber

White-Rumped Sea Cucumber

Hairy Blackfish Sea Cucumber

Plump Sea Cucumber

Whitespotted Sea Cucumber

Leopard Sea Cucumber

Ocellated Sea Cucumber

Paradoxical Sea Cucumber

Florida Sea Cucumber

Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber

Light-Spotted Sea Cucumber

White Teatfish

Elephant Trunkfish

Difficult Sea Cucumber

Volcano Sea Cucumber

Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber

Black Sea Cucumber

Pinkfish Sea Cucumber

Teated Sea Cucumber

Graeffe's Sea Cucumber

Furry Sea Cucumber

Conical Sea Cucumber

Three-Rowed Sea Cucumber

Three-Rowed Sea Cucumber (color variation)

Three-Rowed Sea Cucumber (color variation)

Hawaiian Spiky Sea Cucumber

Greenfish Sea Cucumber

Curryfish Sea Cucumber

Dragonfish Sea Cucumber

Hawaiian Yellow-Tip Sea Cucumber

Brown Curryfish Sea Cucumber

Pineapple Sea Cucumber

Giant Sea Cucumber



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